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On 'Promises!'
by F. A. Hutchison
Issue 14 |
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'The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have PROMISES to keep, and miles to go before I sleep!' Henry David Thoreau
And what are the 'promises' Thoreau is talking about? The 'promises' to himself to really live! To discover! To find out! To take 'the road less traveled!' (Robert Frost).
To become who you really are, this is the task!
Why else do we live? To buy a new boat? To have children? To make a million dollars? To travel? To live materially? God forbidden if we do, as it's a wasted opportunity, a wasted life in my opinion. And granted… 'The woods are lovely,' and inviting, this material world, but to live on the surface of things is to hardly live at all.
'Promises, Promises!' I think a play/movie by that title! What does it mean?
When people think of such 'promises,' they think mostly of some kind of integrity, and keeping (fulfilling) these 'promises.' Our parents tell us this is important. But, the most important promises are the ones we make with ourselves: 'I'm going to…' 'I will!'
Don't let yourself down, or you will forever be unhappy! Keep the promises you make with yourself, and you will be forever happy!
The one promise I made to myself, long ago when I was young was, 'I will never regret not doing!' And I have kept that promise! And I am very happy for such, now 66-years of age!
Kashigar, Xinjiang Province, China
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